Heller, Sara B.; Kessler, Judd B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Youth employment has been near historic lows in recent years, and racial gaps persist. This paper tests whether … information frictions limit young people's labor market success with a field experiment involving over 43,000 youth in New York … youth who worked under their supervision during a summer youth employment program. We then send these letters to nearly 9 …